Nick Diaz News

Tom Taylor - August 27, 2019

It seems that nobody is exempt from Colby Covington’s trash talk — not even the long-absent Nick Diaz. Covington has targeted Nick and his brother Nate countless times before, most recently in an interview with MMA Fighting.

Natasha Hooper - August 20, 2019

Nate Diaz returned to the Octagon at UFC 241 and successfully beat Anthony Pettis via unanimous decision. After the fight, he called for a fight against Jorge Masvidal, but he also wants George St-Pierre to fight his brother, Nick Diaz. The former two-division UFC champion St-Pierre retired earlier this year but hasn’t fought since his 2017 win over Michael Bisping at UFC 217. The Canadian fought Nate’s brother Nick at UFC 158 in 2013. Despite the fact that St-Pierre won via dominant unanimous decision, the younger Diaz brother wants to see a rematch.

Natasha Hooper - August 19, 2019

Nate Diaz’ signature ‘Stockton slap’ was back on display against his opponent Anthony Pettis at UFC 241. The welterweight fighters went at it for three rounds, with Diaz ultimately securing the unanimous decision victory. In the midst of the fight, Diaz certainly did his Stockton homies proud with his signature move.

Chris Taylor - June 29, 2019

Colby Covington had some harsh words for Nick Diaz following a report that the Stockton native has resumed training. The former UFC interim welterweight champion, Covington, recently took to Twitter where he took the following shot at Diaz over his alleged comeback.

Chris Taylor - June 22, 2019

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones channeled his inner Nick Diaz when responding to a potential trilogy bout with rival Daniel Cormier. ‘DC’ was a recent guest on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show where he said that the only fight for he would be interested in after his rematch with Stipe Miocic at UFC 241 is a trilogy bout with Jon Jones.

Tom Taylor - June 11, 2019

Over the weekend, former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor made yet another call for a fight with Hollywood actor and UFC shareholder Mark Wahlberg. I challenge Mark Walhberg on the very same card.Back when mark wahlberg was marky mark, I’d’ve still slapped the ears off him and took my ufc shares back.#Shares #Streams #Dazn #Espn McGregor Sports and Entertainment

Chris Taylor - May 25, 2019

Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping has offered up an interesting idea as to who Conor McGregor should call out next. The Irishman appears to be on the outside looking in as the promotions continues to book key lightweight matchups that do not include the ‘Notorious’.

Thomas Taylor - February 21, 2019

Georges St-Pierre is now officially retired. As expected, the Canadian MMA legend announced the end of his fighting career at a Thursday morning press conference at the Bell Centre in Montreal., the very same arena he fought in so many times. In the wake of this news, many top fighters took to social media to offer Georges St-Pierre messages of respect and congratulations. Not everybody, however, has love for the former welterweight and middleweight champ.

Tom Taylor - February 14, 2019

Years ago, under the Strikeforce banner, Paul Daley and Nick Diaz engaged in one of the greatest one-round fights in MMA history. The two welterweight stars swapped heavy artillery from the opening bell, badly rocking one another until finally, Diaz landed with enough impact to force a permanent end to the mayhem. Today, Paul Daley is gearing up for one of the biggest fights of his career: a Welterweight Grand Prix showdown with his nemesis Michael Page under the Bellator banner.

Tom Taylor - February 11, 2019

Speaking at the UFC 234 post-fight press conference, Anderson Silva called for a rematch with former Strikeforce champion Nick Diaz, who he battled to a no contest in early 2015. In fact, Silva claimed he’d actually been in contact with Diaz’s team about this fight. “I think it’s a very interesting fight,” Silva told the media on the scene (via MMAjunkie). “I talked to Nick’s manager a couple months ago, and Nick said, ‘OK, let’s go do it. Let’s talk to Dana (White).’ I’m just waiting for Dana.”

Tom Taylor - February 10, 2019

Last night, in the co-main event of UFC 234, middleweight legend Anderson Silva lost a decision to surging middleweight contender Israel Adesanya — but he’s not ready to hang up the gloves quite yet. Instead, Silva is hoping to return to the cage at UFC 237, which goes down this May in Curitiba, Brazil. Post-fight, the Brazilian reiterated his desire to fight on this card, and named Nick Diaz, who he battled to a no contest in 2015, as potential opponent.

Tom Taylor - January 24, 2019

Back in May of 2018, UFC star Nick Diaz was arrested after a woman claiming to be his on-again, off-again girlfriend accused him of assaulting her. Although Diaz has since been cleared of all wrongdoing, he was still arrested on the night of this ordeal. MMAjunkie has obtained the police bodycam footage from the night of Diaz’s arrest, and it shows the fighter being compliant, obedient, and adamant that he is innocent.

Tom Taylor - January 9, 2019

In the opinion of UFC color commentator Joe Rogan, Nate Diaz is one of the biggest stars in the UFC — perhaps almost as big a star as Conor McGregor. Rogan gave his take on the star power of the younger Diaz brother on a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show, discussing the topic with American Top Team coach Din Thomas.

Tom Taylor - January 9, 2019

Jorge Masvidal was briefly linked to a UFC 235 showdown with Nick Diaz, but that fight unfortunately fizzled out. All the same, Masvidal still has tremendous respect for Nick Diaz and his brother Nate, and is definitely interested in fighting both under the right circumstances. “Obviously, I want to fight Diaz, because they’re dogs,” Masvidal said on a recent episode of MMAjunkie Radio. “That’s what I really admire about them. Their skillset is not the greatest. They’re great at boxing. They’re great at jiu-jitsu even off their backs, but that thing – they don’t kick, they don’t wrestle.

Thomas Taylor - January 6, 2019

Nick Diaz is apparently not a fan of CrossFit. From the sounds of it, he doesn’t like Georges St-Pierre‘s ‘water workouts’ either. The former Strikeforce welterweight champion went off on these two forms of exercise in a virulent tirade posted to his Instagram story. Unsurprisingly, this rant was quickly saved and immortalized by several members of the MMA community.

Tom Taylor - January 2, 2019

Several weeks ago, Dana White told ESPN that a welterweight bout between fan favorites Nick Diaz and Jorge Masvidal had been added to UFC 235 on March 2. Unsurprisingly, this matchup generated quite a bit of excitement among fans. Unfortunately, it now sounds as though its announcement was premature. Since the fight was first reported, Nick Diaz has repeatedly refuted its legitimacy. 

Tom Taylor - December 19, 2018

It took the UFC a long time to find a main event for UFC 230, which went down on November 3 in New York City. One of the options that was on the table before the promotion landed on the card’s eventual Daniel Cormier vs. Derrick Lewis headliner was a welterweight scrap between Colby Covington and Nick Diaz. Unfortunately for the fans, however, this fight never came to fruition.

Tom Taylor - December 17, 2018

Over the last few weeks, fight fans have been very excited about a potential fight between Nick Diaz and Jorge Masvidal, which was expected to occur at UFC 235 on March 2. Unfortunately, it doesn’t sound like it’s happening after all. On Sunday night, Nick Diaz threw a wrench into this planned Jorge Masvidal fight.